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Word: Ascendant
Speech Type: Adjective
late Middle English: via Old French from Latin ascendent- ‘climbing up’, from the verb ascendere (see ascend)
əˈsɛnd(ə)nt
rising in power or influence
Short Definition:rising in power
Examples:- ascendant moderate factions in the party
(of a planet, zodiacal degree, or sign) on or close to the intersection of the ecliptic with the eastern horizon.
Short Definition:close to intersection of ecliptic and eastern horizon
- ascendent
Word: Ascendant
Speech Type: Noun
əˈsɛnd(ə)nt
the point on the ecliptic at which it intersects the eastern horizon at a particular time, typically that of a person's birth.
Short Definition:point on ecliptic
- ascendent
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